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The new mitigation plan continues to encourage hand-washing and social distancing but also involves localized efforts and increased testing and tracing. The state has said the plan will move backwards if cases spike.
Some states are experiencing delayed test results as thousands of tests from the nation’s hot spots are flooding testing labs. But even when it isn’t competing for lab space, Washington continues to have testing issues.
Hospitals are still required to report COVID-19 data to the state even as the Trump Administration tries to switch public data reporting away from the CDC and to a private contractor through a no-bid deal.
A recent study of unemployment numbers ranked all U.S. states in their recovery from COVID-19. States have made progress, but the nation will need months, if not years, to fully recover from this economic crisis.
Who was the man who sculpted the controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt in front of the Museum of Natural History? He was no racist, but the messages of his famous figures have become problematic.
Washington's wrangling over the politics of public education will put our kids and communities at risk unless politicians face up to fiscal and physical realities. They need to get it done now.
Mitch McConnell is expected to introduce new legislation next week for another relief package that would include a second round of stimulus checks for Americans. But they might not be as generous as the first round.
Attorneys across the state have expressed their worries over the Garden State’s decision to use virtual grand juries amid the pandemic. “The sanctimony of the criminal justice system is under attack.”
Last year, San Diego pushed back against the streetlight cameras the city had installed with concerns about privacy. Now, the city has proposed ordinances for governing current and future surveillance technology.
Gov. Justice was asked to use a ‘cautious’ spending approach when it came to the $1.25 billion that the state received after he announced plans to devote $100 million of the COVID-19 funds towards highway repairs.
A recent torrent of disinformation seems to have inflamed some of the civil unrest inspired by the police killing of George Floyd. Much of the disinformation was "anti-government" in nature, a new report suggests.
As Black Lives Matter protests collide with anxiety about COVID-19’s disproportionate Black death toll and concerns about a coming wave of evictions, will these overlapping crises accelerate California’s Black exodus?
With its one customer — a huge coal-fired plant — shut down, the freight railroad has gone out of business and its tracks lie unused. But some on the reservation hope to revive train service for tourists.
It's a health risk at any time and one that disproportionately affects Black individuals and families. During a pandemic, it's an unacceptable burden. Legislators are looking at ways to better cope with the problem.
The coronavirus pandemic has emphasized how much of Pennsylvania still lacks access to high-speed Internet. Lawmakers are making broadband access a priority and view it as an investment in the state’s well-being.
As unemployment numbers rise, many newly uninsured Wisconsinites are turning to free clinics for COVID-19 care. But some clinics don’t have the technology to provide telemedicine and volunteers are wary of exposure.
In some states, COVID-19 is classified as “ordinary disease of life,” like the flu, and is not covered by workers’ compensation. If it were covered, the health system could owe up to $16 billion in workers’ comp nationally.
In May, 17 counties submitted requests to reopen even though they lacked the minimum number of contact tracers per 100,000 people. California reopened anyway, and now the tracers are overwhelmed and outnumbered.
Less than 10 percent of police responses involve a violent crime. Rethinking policing involves more than how police behave on the job. Often, they may not be the right people to answer calls of distress.
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Coordination and consistency are key in getting the message out to citizens in times of crisis.
Even with the coronavirus still at large across the nation, workers continue to encourage participation in the Census. Mask-wearing, social-distance-practicing enumerators will begin surveying in Tacoma by July 23.
The Harford County Sheriff's Office has participated in this agreement since October 2016 and it endows some immigration enforcement authority to correctional deputies. But not everybody agrees with the renewal decision.
In California, Black and Latinx women have seen a 23 and 22 percent employment decline, respectively, due to COVID-19. “This is really amplifying existing inequalities, especially racial and ethnic inequities.”
Of all the ways the 21st century might wish to memorialize Roosevelt, that statue was the least representative of the whole man, his staggering achievement and his largely untarnished place in American memory.
Over a long career, Eugene Jones Jr. has led several big-city public-housing agencies. In an interview, he discusses the federal landscape, affordable housing and political accountability.
Many Massachusetts police departments would use body cameras for transparency, but the technology is too expensive. Even when they can afford the tech, there are additional costs, like storage and privacy, that add up.
Homicides are up in major cities. The combination of pandemic, recession and the two-way street of distrust between police and the communities they serve has created a "toxic mix of despair."
For some towns in Maine, the only sources of Wi-Fi are the library and school. But once businesses and schools shut down to stop the spread of COVID-19, many residents were without any Internet connection.
Gov. Jim Justice reallocated half of the funds that were going to the Division of Highways to broadband expansion. But health officials and lawmakers are concerned that none of the money is going to health departments.
The state is currently one of the world’s hot spots for COVID-19. Lack of testing, knowledge and preparedness have all contributed to the growing case numbers and inability to keep up with testing.
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